Dear all, this may have been covered elsewhere, but I've not been able to find anything that answers this question directly. I've just collected my first Jaguar, a 2010 XF, and, doing a check of less obvious things, I find that the wheel nuts, though I've measured them at 19mm and I'm using a 19mm socket, don't seem to be gripped very well by the socket. Am I doing something wrong? Or do I need a more specialist tool? I've put no force on it, so caused no damage, but I'm a bit concerned.

Thank you.

 

Hi chouan, wheel nuts have a tendency to swell up under the stainless sleeve with age and water ingress you can force a 19mm socket on to remove them and replace wheel nuts hope that helps ,DCM 

Get rid of them as soon as and get some of these solid ones,

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20x-ALLOY-WHEEL-NUTS-JAGUAR-S-TYPE-X-TYPE-CHROME-LUG-BOLT-STUD-QUALITY-20L/322551270259?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D279707e90cd84407af62051fd274c338%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D322551270259%26itm%3D322551270259%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2481888&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A31c8544d-e131-11e9-8a5f-74dbd180d657|parentrq%3A731334ab16d0a4b7b67e7f6dff7a4b99|iid%3A1

3rd picture in this thread shows what happens under the sleeve,

https://www.jaguarforum.com/threads/are-your-nuts-swelling.117877/